"their combined weekly salary (""It proved to be the wisest business decision I've ever made... but foolishly I sold some of my share to open a short-lived Mayfair restaurant called 'The Little Elephant' and later still, disposed of the remainder in order to keep ""Gandhi"" afloat."") Attenborough worked prolifically in British films for the next 30 years, including in the 1950s, appearing in several successful comedies for John and Roy Boulting, such as ""Private's Progress"" (1956) and ""I'm All Right Jack"" (1959). In 1963, he appeared alongside Steve McQueen and James Garner in ""The Great Escape"" as RAF Squadron Leader"
"by John Sturges. The film had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 20 June 1963. In 1943, after having recaptured escaped Allied POWs, the Germans move those still-determined-to-escape-again POWs (under their senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey) to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp under the supervision of Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger. Meanwhile, Gestapo agents Kuhn and Preissen and SS Lieutenant Dietrich bring RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett to the camp. Known as ""Big X"", Bartlett is introduced as the principal escape organiser. As Kuhn leaves, he warns Bartlett that if"
"Roger Bartlett (""Big X""), the head of the escape committee, based on the real-life exploits of Roger Bushell. It was his first appearance in a major Hollywood film blockbuster and his most successful film thus far. During the 1960s, he expanded his range of character roles in films such as ""Séance on a Wet Afternoon"" (1964) and ""Guns at Batasi"" (1964), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). In 1965 he played Lew Moran opposite James Stewart in ""The Flight of the Phoenix"" and in 1967 and 1968,"
"of the strain, but he certainly did not suffer the same ocular fate as the character of Colin Blythe in the film. Steve McQueen, in a role based on at least three pilots, David M. Jones, John Dortch Lewis, and William Ash, has been credited with the most significant performance. Critic Leonard Maltin wrote that ""the large, international cast is superb, but the standout is McQueen; it's easy to see why this cemented his status as a superstar."" Richard Attenborough was cast as Sqn Ldr Roger Bartlett RAF (""Big X""), a character based on Roger Bushell, the South African-born British"
"1955 Oh... Rosalinda!! 1955 Richard III 1956 The Battle of the River Plate 1956 Sea Wife 1956 The High Terrace 1957 Hour of Decision 1957 Seven Thunders 1958 Harry Black 1959 The Devils Desciple 1960 Sink the Bismarck 1960 Cleopatra 1960 Peeping Tom 1961 The Valiant 1962 The Very Edge 1962 Vengeance 1962 H.M.S. Defiant 1963 The Leather Boys 1963 Hornblower 1965 The Bedford Incident 1965 Called in to assist in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1966. The Blue Max...Travelling mat expertise 1966 Binddle (One of Them Days) 1967 The Double Man 1968 The Lost Continent 1968 Midas"
"Submarine X-1 Submarine X-1 is a 1968 DeLuxe Color British World War II war film loosely based on the Operation ""Source"" attack on the German battleship ""Tirpitz"" in 1943. In the film James Caan stars as Lt. Commander Richard Bolton, a Canadian, who must lead a group of midget submarines in an attack on a German battleship. In 1943, a British naval officer from Canada, Commander Bolton (James Caan) and a few surviving crew members of his 50-man submarine ""Gauntlet"" swim ashore after unsuccessfully attacking German battleship ""Lindendorf"". After a review, Captain Bolton is cleared of any wrongdoing and placed"
"in ""Z-Cars"" (1972-1973), Borg in ""The Onedin Line"" (1973), Policeman and P.C. Henderson in three episodes of ""Billy Liar"" (1973-1974), Inspector Riley in ""Shoulder to Shoulder"" (1974), Sgt. Henderson in ""Jailbait"" (1974), Mr. Thomas/Peter Webb in two episodes of """" (1973-1974), Driver in ""Barlow at Large"" (1974), First Guest in ""Chinese Blues"" (1975), Count Malatesta in ""A Touch of the Casanovas"" (1975), Master Procathro in ""The Ash Tree"" (1975), Claudius in ""Further Up Pompeii!"" (1975), Scranowitz in ""Second Verdict"" (1976), Sergeant in ""The Howerd Confessions"" (1976), and Billy Dalby in ""All Creatures Great and Small"" (1978). He also played Jim"
"Is Missing"" (1942), which reworked the story of ""The 49th Parallel"" to be about Allied pilots in occupied Holland. He played a Belgian resistance leader in ""Uncensored"" (1942) from director Anthony Asquith, and a German pilot in ""Squadron Leader X"" (1943) with director Lance Comfort. Portman was a sailor in Asquith's ""We Dive at Dawn"" (1943) and a factory supervisor in ""Millions Like Us"" (1943) from Launder and Gilliat. He was in another war story in Comfort's ""Escape to Danger"" (1943), then was back with Powell and Pressburger for ""A Canterbury Tale"" (1944). Portman had the lead in ""Great Day"""
"epics. His military background, commanding presence and deep, booming voice typecast him as soldiers and authority figures. Some of his most notable roles include playing a warship captain in ""Sink the Bismarck!"" (1960), the archbishop Hubert Walter in ""Sword of Sherwood Forest"" (1960), the obnoxious club secretary in ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), King Aeëtes in ""Jason and the Argonauts"" (1963), an RAF officer in the James Bond film ""Thunderball"" (1965), the Lord Chief Justice in ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966), General Harold Alexander in ""Patton"" (1970), Poseidon in ""Clash of the Titans"" (1981), and Van Helsing in ""The Monster"
"in interest from film historians in Comfort's directorial career and ""Squadron Leader X"" is a vital missing piece of his filmography, the film is named the third ""most wanted"" of all, behind only ""The Mountain Eagle"" (Alfred Hitchcock) and ""Two Crowded Hours"" (Michael Powell). Squadron Leader X Squadron Leader X is a 1943 British World War II spy drama directed by Lance Comfort and starring Eric Portman and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was adapted by Miles Malleson and Wolfgang Wilhelm from a short story by Emeric Pressburger. Erich Kohler (Portman), a crack Luftwaffe pilot who speaks fluent English, is instructed"
"member of the National Theatre touring company. He made numerous appearances on UK television, often playing tough characters and villains due to his imposing stature, including ""The Avengers"", ""The Sweeney"", """", ""Blake's 7"" and ""Doctor Who"", playing a guard in the serial entitled ""The Power of the Daleks"" and a Highland Games Champion, The Caber, in ""Terror of the Zygons"". Some of his other film appearances included ""Othello"" (1965), ""The Whisperers"" (1967), ""Bedazzled"" (1967) with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, ""Inspector Clouseau"" (1968), ""The Breaking of Bumbo"" (1970), ""Man in the Wilderness"" (1971) with Richard Harris, ""Sitting Target"" (1972), ""Double"
"castaways realise that they are in the middle of an H-Bomb testing range and that a bomb is to be detonated in a few hours. SOS Pacific SOS Pacific is a 1959 British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli. The film was shot in black and white, but later underwent colourisation. A flying boat is forced to ditch in the Pacific during a thunderstorm. Aboard are the owner-pilot Jack Bennett (John Gregson), the navigator Willy (Cec Linder), the flight attendant Teresa (Pier Angeli) and six passengers: a policeman, Petersen (Clifford Evans); his prisoner"
"The Great Escape (film) The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film that depicts an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough and features James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. It was filmed in Panavision. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. A heavily fictionalised"
"of ""Les Misérables"" (1952). In 1951 he was voted the sixth most popular British star in Britain. Gabriel Pascal gave him the star lead in another Shaw adaptation, ""Androcles and the Lion"" (1952). It was made by RKO who cast Newton in the title role of ""Blackbeard the Pirate"" (1952). Fox asked him back for a war film, ""The Desert Rats"" (1953), playing a drunken school teacher who discovers bravery during World War Two. He was one of several names in an airplane disaster movie ""The High and the Mighty"" (1954). Back in Britain, Newton was given the lead in"
"Imagination"" (1966–68) he played the series narrator Richard Beckett (from Sheridan Le Fanu's story ""The Flying Dragon"") whose character also became involved in some of the other stories adapted. His film career included roles in ""Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow"" (1963), ""The Sandwich Man"" (1966), the Hammer film ""The Mummy's Shroud"" (1967), ""Deadfall"" (1968) and ""Taste of Excitement"" (1970). He also had a role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David ""Scotty"" Scott in the film ""Mosquito Squadron"" (1969), with David McCallum, in which his character is shot down during a low-level bombing raid over Northern France in 1944 and"
"guest starred on shows like ""The Millionaire"" (1956), ""Broken Arrow"" (1957), ""Have Gun - Will Travel"" (1958), ""Colgate Theatre"" (1958), ""Death Valley Days"" (1960), and ""Tales of Wells Fargo"" (1962). Craig went to Japan for ""The Revenge of Doctor X"" (1967), also known as ""Venus Flytrap"". He had support roles in ""Hostile Guns"" (1967), ""Fort Utah"" (1967) and ""Arizona Bushwhackers"" (1968) and guest starred in ""Daniel Boone"", ""Custer"", and ""The Virginian"" Craig could also be seen in ""The Devil's Brigade"" (1968), ""If He Hollers, Let Him Go!"" (1968), ""Bigfoot"" (1970), and ""The Tormentors"" (1971). Both his last film and television"
"Avengers"" (2012), """" (2013), and """" (2015), and The Grand Duke in ""Cinderella"" (2015). Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of Gudrun (née Larsson) and Jan Skarsgård. He moved often in his childhood and lived, amongst other places, in Helsingborg, Totebo, Kalmar, Marielund and Uppsala. Skarsgård started his acting career early; and, by the age of 21, his experience in film, TV and stage was considerable. Most of his early roles were in Swedish television (such as ""Bombi Bitt"") and films. Of Skarsgård’s work in Swedish film, he is perhaps best known for Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg, where"
"spoke the film's final words: ""Madness!, Madness!"" Donald was in much demand to play supporting roles in action and prisoner-of-war films: ""The Vikings"" (1958); ""Third Man on the Mountain"" (1959); Group Captain Ramsey, the Senior British Officer in ""The Great Escape"" (1963); ""King Rat"" (1965), a doctor in a POW camp; and ""Cast a Giant Shadow"" (1966). He played a colonel in a comedy ""The Jokers"" (1967) and had a part as a heroic scientist in ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1967). Donald starred in a 1960 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's ""The Citadel"" and appeared regularly in many other"
"Squadron Leader X Squadron Leader X is a 1943 British World War II spy drama directed by Lance Comfort and starring Eric Portman and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was adapted by Miles Malleson and Wolfgang Wilhelm from a short story by Emeric Pressburger. Erich Kohler (Portman), a crack Luftwaffe pilot who speaks fluent English, is instructed by his superiors to drop a cargo of bombs on the Belgian city of Ghent and then to bail out of his plane wearing a British RAF uniform, gain the confidence of the local populace and then try to convince them that the British"
"Howard and Richard Attenborough in ""Gift Horse"" (1952). He played Mr. Winkle in the 1952 film version of ""The Pickwick Papers"". He had the lead in ""The Net"" (1953) and was cast in his first Hollywood film in MGM's ""Beau Brummell"" (1954). The same studio hired him to play Theo Van Gogh in ""Lust for Life"" (1956). He portrayed Major Clipton, the doctor who expresses grave doubts about the sanity of Colonel Nicholson's (Alec Guinness) efforts to build the bridge in order to show up his Japanese captors, in the war film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957). He"
"nomination for Best Sound Effects (Robert L. Bratton) in 1963. A Gathering of Eagles A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 Eastmancolor film about the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the pressures of command. The plot is patterned after the World War II film ""Twelve O'Clock High"", which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements also mirroring ""Above and Beyond"" and ""Toward the Unknown"", films written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr. The film was directed by Delbert Mann. Rock Hudson plays a United States Air Force officer, Colonel Jim Caldwell, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52"
"Sea of Sand (film) Sea of Sand (released in the US as Desert Patrol) is a 1958 British war film starring Richard Attenborough, John Gregson and Michael Craig. The film, which was directed by Guy Green, is about a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) during the North African Campaign in the Second World War. It was shot on location in the Kingdom of Libya. On the eve of the Battle of El Alamein, Captain Tim Cotton leads a patrol on a raid to destroy a German fuel dump located deep behind enemy lines. Captain Williams of the"
"– a term later made famous by its use by Roger Bushell and the character based on him, played by Richard Attenborough in the film, ""The Great Escape"". He again helped organise numerous escape attempts, including a daring daylight attempt, when two officers cut through the wire under the noses of the sentries. Buckley had organised elaborate diversions, allowing the escapees to cut through to freedom. Unfortunately, both men were recaptured within a few days. By October 1942, the compound at Stalag Luft III was becoming overcrowded, and the Germans transferred a number of officers to Oflag XXI-B at Schubin"
"(1973), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007); the neo-noir mystery ""Chinatown"" (1974); the horror film ""The Shining"" (1980); the biopic ""Reds"" (1981); the fantasy comedy ""The Witches of Eastwick"" (1987); the superhero film ""Batman"" (1989) as the Joker; the legal drama ""A Few Good Men"" (1992); the romantic horror film ""Wolf"" (1994); the science fiction comedy ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996); the comedy ""Anger Management"" (2003); the romantic comedy ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003); and the crime drama ""The Departed"" (2006). Nicholson has not acted in a film since ""How Do"
"releases such as ""Brighton Rock"" (1947), ""The Dam Busters"" (1955), ""The Great Escape"" (1963), ""The Lion in Winter"" and ""The Lost Continent"" (both 1968), and ""Russian Roulette"" (1975). Between 1964 and 1968, Nigel Stock became a household name in the UK for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes dramas for BBC television. Later in life, he portrayed the mentor of Sherlock Holmes in ""Young Sherlock Holmes"". His other numerous television credits included ""Danger Man"" (1965), ""The Avengers"" (1964 & 1966), ""The Prisoner"" (1967), ""The Doctors"" (1969-71), ""Owen, M.D."" (1971–73), ""Quiller"" (1975), ""Van der Valk"" (1977),"
"80 feature films. Although he appeared in many films in small, un-credited roles, he also appeared in featured roles in many notable films, including: as the adult Andrew Horn in ""The Great Jasper"" (1933); as Bill Radford in the 1933 drama, ""One Man's Journey""; as Dick in the romantic comedy ""Young and Beautiful"" (1934); as Byron Coates/John Meseraux in the 1935 mystery, ""A Shot in the Dark""; as Orin Tallant in the 1935 western, ""The Arizonian""; as Arthur Pennyward in ""The Lady in Scarlet"" (1935); as Don Adams in the 1937 war film, ""I Cover the War""; as Johnny Eaton"
"in the film production of ""Cleopatra"", which starred Elizabeth Taylor. While filming in Europe, he appeared in Fox's war movie ""The Longest Day"" (1963). He continued to guest on television series such as ""Arrest and Trial"", ""The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"", ""The Eleventh Hour"", ""Kraft Suspense Theatre"", ""Combat!"", ""Ben Casey"", ""Twelve O'Clock High"", ""Run for Your Life"", ""The Invaders"", and appeared several times as The Bookworm on ""Batman"". He had a supporting role in Fox's ""Shock Treatment"" (1964) and United Artists' ""The Greatest Story Ever Told"" (1965). He was third billed in ""The Third Day"" (1965) and one of many names"
"Ministry of Defence department chief in ""The Avengers"" (episode ""The See-Through Man"", 1967), a police sergeant in ""Please Sir!"" (1969), Froggett in the office comedy series ""If It Moves File It"" (1970), Francis Bacon in ""Elizabeth R"" (1971), a Detective Superintendent in ""Doctor at Large"" in 1971, ""Upstairs, Downstairs"" (1972), ""The Country Wife"" (1977), ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981), ""The Flame Trees of Thika"" (1981), ""The Citadel"" (1983), ""Martin Luther, Heretic"" (1983), ""Brass"" (1983), ""East of Ipswich"" (1987), Reverend Ernest Matthews in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""Ghost Light"" (1989), ""Longitude"" (2000), "" Midsomer Murders"" (2005) and ""Kingdom"" (2008). On stage, he has"
"(1967), ""Mosquito Squadron"" (1969), ""I Start Counting"" (1970), ""Man in the Wilderness"" (1971), ""Because of the Cats"" (1973), ""The Tamarind Seed"" (1974) and ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977). By far, his most well remembered film role is the part of Councillor Harris in the crime film ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980). His later film career included roles in Australian productions such as ""BMX Bandits"" (1983), ""Bliss"" (1985), ""The Man from Snowy River II"" (1988), ""The Punisher"" (1989) with Dolph Lundgren, ""Country Life"" (1994) and ""Selkie"" (2000). Television credits include:""Spindoe"", ""Persuasion"", ""Warship"", ""United!"", ""The Forsyte Saga"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"","
"Army"" (1972); Thompson in """" (1973); Bill Chadwick in ""Follyfoot"" (1973); Maxie in ""The Changes"" (1975); Jack King in ""Z-Cars"" (1977); Uncle Billy in ""The Sweeney"" (1978); Dick Fawcett/Pub Customer in ""All Creatures Great and Small"" (1978-1988); Arthur in ""Quatermass"" (1979); George Taylor in ""The Gentle Touch"" (1980-1984); Percy/Vickery in ""Minder"" (1980-1991); Reverend Fulljames in ""Hi-de-Hi!"" (1983); Bob Hilton in ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"" (1984); Vicar in ""Shine on Harvey Moon"" (1984); Mr Light in ""Grange Hill"" (1985); Ron Lucas/Edwin Palmer/Mr Wright in ""Casualty"" (1987-1993); Mr North in ""Boon"" (1988); Mr Russell in ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" (1989); Mr Oxley in ""Keeping"
"and the DVD issue. The Big Bus The Big Bus is a 1976 American comedy film starring Stockard Channing and Joseph Bologna, and directed by James Frawley. A spoof of the disaster movie genre (which was popular at the time), it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear-powered bus named ""Cyclops"". ""The Big Bus"" received mixed reviews at the time of its 1976 release, although the ""New York Times"" gave the film a favorable review. Box office sales were disappointing, but the film has since been recognized as a cult classic of its genre. Director Frawley won the"
"of Damascus"" (1952), ""Battles of Chief Pontiac"" (1952) (in the title role), ""High Noon"" (1952), ""Springfield Rifle"" (1952), ""The Black Castle"" (1952) (a return to horror), ""Raiders of the Seven Seas"" (1953), ""A Lion Is in the Streets"" (1953), ""The Boy from Oklahoma"" (1954), ""Casanova's Big Night"" (1954), ""Passion"" (1954), ""The Black Pirates"" (1954), ""Jivaro"" (1955), ""Big House, U.S.A."" (1955), ""I Died a Thousand Times"" (1955), ""The Indian Fighter"" (1955), and ""The Black Sleep"" (1956) He had a leading role in ""Indestructible Man"" (1956) then was back to support parts; ""Manfish"" (1956), a Martin and Lewis comedy, ""Pardners"" (1956); ""Daniel"
"the six seasons of the programme. Other television roles include: ""R3"", ""199 Park Lane"", ""Gideon's Way"", ""Danger Man"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""The Baron"", ""Champion House"", ""Out of the Unknown"", ""The Owl Service"", ""UFO"", ""Bergerac"", ""Crossroads"", ""Doctor Who"" (""The Sea Devils"" and ""The Twin Dilemma""), and ""All Creatures Great and Small"". Edwin Richfield Edwin Richfield (11 September 1921 – 2 August 1990) was an English actor. His film credits include: ""X the Unknown"", ""Quatermass 2"", ""The Camp on Blood Island"", ""The Face of Fu Manchu"" and ""Quatermass and the Pit"". He starred in the 1959 television"